Karyn Roberts MSN, RN, CHSE, CPEN University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing Department of Women, Children and Family Health Sciences 845 S Damen Ave. Rm 838 Chicago, IL 60612-7350 office phone 312-355-0746/fax 312-996-8871 phone 847-393-3539 email: krober25@uic.edu Education University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 2015- Current PhD Candidate-expected graduation December 2019 Dissertation Title: Experiences of Families with Children Attending a Clinic-Based Weight Management Program: A Qualitative Study Research interests: pediatric obesity particularly in high risk populations; Latino, African American and low socioeconomic communities, simulation implementation and outcomes Grand Canyon University, College of Nursing, Phoenix, AZ 2012 MSN-Nursing Education Madonna University, College of Nursing, Livonia, MI 1995 BSN Nursing Current License and Certification 1995-2020 Michigan RN # 4704201513 2004-2020 Illinois RN #041338578 2016-2019 Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE)-Society Of Simulation in Healthcare
2010-2019 Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse-Board of Certification For Emergency Nursing and Pediatric Nursing Certification Board 2005-2019 ACLS Provider-American Heart Association 1993-2020 BLS-Healthcare Provider-American Heart Association Professional Experience University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing, Chicago, IL 2012-Present Teaching Associate/Course Coordinator 2010-Present Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Instructor co-coordinator from 2011-2016 2008-2017 Staff Nurse-Pediatric Emergency Department; Pediatric Unit, Ambulatory Infusion Clinic; Surgical Case Reviewer-Quality Improvement Resource Specialist Kaplan INC 2011-2012 Nursing Faculty-NCLEX review courses International Teams, Dushanbe, Tajikistan 2007 International Worker/Relief and Development 2005-2006 Staff Nurse- Pediatrics Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, IL 2004-2005 Staff Nurse-Pediatrics Midwest District Christian and Missionary Alliance, Bloomingdale, IL 2003-2007 Assistant Director of Russian Ministries Christian and Missionary Alliance, Moscow, Russia 1999-2003 International Worker-Hospitality and Logistics Christian and Missionary Alliance/CoMission, Astrakhan, Russia
1996-1997 International Worker-Educational Consultant Children s Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI 1995-1996 Staff Nurse, Neurosurgery Unit Honors and Awards 1994-Present Sigma Theta Tau National Nursing Honor Society 2013 Daisy Faculty Award-UIC, College of Nursing 2011 Kathy Reno Scholarship Recipient, Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, IL 2011 Giness Advance Practice Scholarship Recipient-Emergency Nurses Research Association 2009-2010 Nursing Research Fellowship Fellow, IRB study What are nurses perceptions in regards to caring for the culturally diverse patient? University of Illinois College of Nursing, Chicago, IL 2017 Data Coder for doctoral research study Possible Selves, Psychological Well-Being, and Substance Use in Young Men Post- Incareration University of Illinois College of Nursing, Chicago, IL 2018 Research Assistant/Recruitment and Enrollment for Doctoral research study Maternal Weight, Placental Expression of Growth Factors, and Birth Weight. Professional Activities International Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning (INACSL)-member Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS)- member Sigma Theta Tau-Kappa Iota Chapter-member International Family Nursing Association (IFNA)- member Conference Meetings/Presentations
Local 2014 Roberts, K., Duback, K., Sava, K. & Obrecht, J.(2014). Podium Presentation Integrating Nursing Education and Practice: Utilizing Clinical Partnerships To Provide Simulation Experiences to Nursing Students. 2 nd Annual Advocate Healthcare Nursing Research Symposium. Chicago, IL. April 9, 2014. 2011 Roberts, K, Reidinger, G., & Koran, Z. (2011) Poster Presentation: Cultural Competence: Nurses Perceptions Regarding the Culturally Diverse Patient Exemplary Professional Practice in Action: Research and Education: Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oaklawn, IL, April 12, 2011. Regional 2018 Johnson, A., Corte, C., Roberts, K. (2018). Poster Presentation Possible Selves, Psychological Well-Being, and Substance Use in Young Men Post-Incarceration. Midwest Nursing Research Society 42 nd Annual Research Conference: The Future of Nursing Research: Economic Realities and Creative Solutions. Cleveland, OH April 14, 2018. National 2015 Kendrick, A., Roberts, K. Poster Presentation Utilizing Simulation to Bridge Gaps in Clinical Nursing Education. 40th Annual March of Dimes Perinatal Conference: Improving Perinatal Outcomes: 40 Years of Success! Westin, Lombard, IL March 9 & 10, 2015. 2014 Roberts, K., Duback, K., Sava, K. & Obrecht, J.(2014). Poster Presentation Integrating Nursing Education and Practice: Utilizing Clinical Partnerships To Provide Simulation Experiences to Nursing Students. 9 th Annual NLN/Elsevier Technology Conference: What s Happening Now? Nashville, TN. October 25, 2014. International 2016 Roberts, K., O Rourke, J. Poster Presentation Using Multiple Hybrid Patient Simulation to Teach Prioritization, Safety and Communication. INACSL (International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation & Learning) Conference 2016. Grapevine, TX June 16, 2016. Educational Activities
2017 IPE Immersion Day April 8- faculty faciliator for this campus wide event for students in the health and social science colleges. 2017 DocuCare EMR Faciliator spring 2017, working specifically with NUPR 405, the Graduate Entry fundamentals course, to gain a greater understanding of how this tool can be utilized in clinical and classroom courses, create assignments that will help students acclimate to the EMR as well as integrate concepts they are learning across courses, and provided workshop based education for faculty in order to facilitate their implementation of DocuCare into their courses. Collaborating with a CON-IT staff to integrate DocuCare with our Pyxis system in the CRLC, as well as identify barriers to implementation. 2017 Course Development NURS 377 Integrative Practicum Experience UIC-CON 2017; worked with faculty from multiple campuses to develop content for this new course, NURS 377 Integrated practicum, which is meant to be largely simulation and lab experiences for the BSN program. 2015-2017 Simulation Curriculum Integration Leadership Team-intercampus team for designing and implementing standardized simulation into the new BSN curriculum, UIC College of Nursing, 2015-2017, part of working group to integrate 24% simulation into clinical courses, faculty who will be specifically implementing and debriefing simulation, and help develop other facutly for competency in simulation creation, implementation and debriefing 2015 Reviewer/Consultant for Faculty Simulation Development Online modules for UIC College of Nursing 2015 (Summer) Team Lead/Facilitator for the development of a new pre-licensure clinical evaluation tool, 2014 (July) Reveiwer/Consultant for Pediatric Master s Curriculum University of Rwanda 2014 (July) Reviewer/Consultant for Undergraduate Pediatric Curriculum University of Rwanda Volunteer and Service 2018 (Summer) Service Learning Liason/Coordinator with UIC College of Nursing through Little by Little Haiti. Coordinated 5 pre-licensure nursing students for a service learning experience in Haiti providing direct care to patients in medical clinic in Gramothe, Haiti for one week. 2017 (August) Volunteer with Little by Little Haiti. Medical mission trip to Gramothe, Haiti for one week to work at a clinic providing medical care to patients, Teaching University of Illiinois at Chicago-College of Nursing Course Level Semester Year
NURS 210 Health Assessment NURS 242 Concepts and Processes in Contemporary Nursing NURS 212 Health Assessment and Communication NURS 314 Nursing Care of Children and Families NURS 371 Acute Care Nursing Care Management NURS 377 Integrative Practice Experience NURS 355 Clinical Concepts and Processes of Child and Family Nursing NURS 530 Introduction to the CNS Role NUPR 415 Integrated Practicum III- Women and Children s NUPR 420 Clinical Synthesis NUPR 520 Clinical Synthesis Practicum NUPR 569 Pediatric/Perinatal CNS Practicum I NUPR 570 Pediatric/Perinatal CNS Practicum II BSN Fall 2013, 2014, 2015 RN-BSN Spring 2013 RN-BSN Spring 2016, 2017, 2018 BSN Fall 2018 BSN Spring 2018 BSN Fall 2017 BSN Spring 2016 Graduate Spring 2013, 2014, 2015 Graduate Entry Fall 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,2016, 2017 Graduate Entry Spring/Summer 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 Graduate Summer/Fall 2016, 2017, 2018 Graduate Summer 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Graduate Fall 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
NUPR 571 Pediatric/Perinatal CNS Practicum III Graduate Spring 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Educational Presentations 2014 NCLEX exam overview Graduate entry students, University of Illinois at Chicago. Chicago IL 2012-2014 Simulation creation, implementation and integration into courses for GEP Courses, NUPR 415, 420 Mentor/Preceptor Activities 2018 Fall: Precepted a graduate student from Olivet Nazarene University for her final practicum experience in MSN-Nursing education program. Supervised her in the role of clinical instructor with 8 prelicensure student at the clinical site for 14 weeks and facilitated her experiences with didactic faculty and simulation. 2017 Summer: Precepted/mentored Advanced Generalist Masters student in simulation activities of coordinating, facilitating and debriefing simulations for pre-licensure students. 2016 Spring/Summer: Helped to provide support to the new director of clinical simulation lab since departure of Director of Clinical Learning Center, worked to try and develop small team of clinical faculty and graduate assistants to implement simulation integration into new BSN curriculum beginning Fall 2016 2015 Fall: Mentored new clinical facutly (NUPR 415) in observing and debriefing of simulation based on INACSL Standards of Best Practice in Simulation 2015 Fall: Mentored CNS student in the clinical faculty role (NUPR 415) at a clinical site for the semester as well as gave direction in simulation creation and implementation 2014 (Fall)-2015 (Spring): Mentored CNS student specifically in simulation development and implementation as well as abstract writing for poster submission/ and helped with poster development